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Aerial photograph showing old and new castles, and nissen huts
B 49651
Description Aerial photograph showing old and new castles, and nissen huts
Date 1991
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number B 49651
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 873665, SC 1675177
Scope and Content The castles at Keiss, Caithness, Highland The two castles at Keiss, north-east Caithness, are situated on cliffs just north of the village. The first castle was built by George Sinclair, the 5th Earl of Caithness, in the late 16th-early 17th century. The second, built in 1755, was originally a simple three storey house which was altered and extended in the Scottish Baronial style in 1860. Old Keiss Castle sits precariously on the cliffs (foreground). Originally standing four storeys in height, it is said to have been already ruinous in 1700. Inland of the old castle is the newer castle (centre) with its distinctive white-harling and a series of walled gardens. A number of ruined nissen huts and their foundations line the field boundary behind Keiss Castle (upper left). These are relics of the World War II. The Square of Keiss farm and steading can also be seen (top centre). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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